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Unexpectedly weak consumer spending hobbled the economy in the first quarter and fresh signs of a slowdown in the labor market pointed to an uphill struggle for the recovery.

As of today, Lindsay Lohan will have to remain her home as part of her sentence for jewelry theft for four months.

Goldman Sachs believes its clients are largely past the regulatory investigations and accusations that have surrounded the bank, according to an analyst who met its Chief Financial Officer.

The House of Representatives resoundingly voted to prohibit spending any tax dollars on deploying ground forces in Libya and narrowly defeated a measure to speed up a timetable for withdrawing troops from Afghanistan.

A woman from San Diego currently holds the U.S. record for having the most number of surrogate babies, a total of ten babies in ten years.

Shares of Microsoft Corp climbed as much as 2.3 percent on Thursday after influential hedge fund manager David Einhorn caused a stir on Wall Street by calling on Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer to step down.

Even as the United States and Russia work to implement a nuclear treaty to reduce their total number of nuclear weapons, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev touched upon the highly sensitive issue of missile defense on Thursday as he met with President Barack Obama at the G8 Summit in France.

What is AIPAC and what role does it play in U.S. policy?

Exlusively.In, the flash sale site for high Indian fashion, is expanding into the UK market

Unlike immigrants from Europe and Asia, most Africans in the New World have little or no detailed accounts of their ancestors’ lives and histories.

Stocks rose for a second day, erasing early losses in a volatile day on Thursday as earnings helped technology and consumer discretionary stocks after a substantial fall for equities this month.

Rising inflation, higher commodity prices and lower global economic growth will weigh on margins of S&P 500 <.SPX> companies, said Goldman Sachs, as it forecast a lower 2012 earnings outlook, and reduced its year-end target on the index.

A senior U.S. banking regulator urged Congress to raise the federal debt ceiling to prevent a calamitous government debt default.

Stocks extended their gains on Thursday, with the Dow turning positive and the Nasdaq hitting a session high despite some discouraging data earlier.

The green technology industry was warned on Thursday that its growth is threatened by a failure to recycle metals and especially rare earth elements.

Palin and Bachmann are generating buzz as they weigh runs, but their similarities could hurt them

Authorities in Joplin, Mo., will release a list of people still missing after Sunday's deadly tornado.

Corporate profits in the U.S. unexpectedly contracted in the first quarter to record their first decline in more than two years and the economy grew at the same pedestrian pace as previously estimated, a government report showed on Thursday.

Oil fell back on Thursday as disappointing U.S. economic data and renewed euro-zone debt worries stoked fresh oil demand concerns.

The arrest of Serbian war criminal fugitive Ratko Mladic has been hailed by leading political figures in Europe and the U.S.

New U.S. claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly climbed to 424,000 last week from a revised 414,000 in the prior week, pointing to a painfully slow improvement in the nation's job markets.